US officials say the US and Iran have signed a long-distance memorandum of understanding

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, June 17 (Reporter Huang Qiang Yan Liang) An official at the White House told CBS on June 17 that the United States and Iran have remotely signed a memorandum of understanding, which is now "in effect". The report said it is not clear whether the signing ceremony scheduled to be held in Switzerland on the 19th will proceed as planned. Earlier in the day, a senior US government official read out the official text of the memorandum of understanding reached between the United States and Iran. According to the US Axios news website on the 17th, US President Trump, who was attending the G7 Summit in France, signed the document during a dinner with French President Macron at the Palace of Versailles. The report also stated that the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that Iran and the United States have agreed for the memorandum of understanding to be signed electronically by the two heads of state. Earlier, a senior US government official said on the 15th that Trump, Vice President Pence, and Iranian Islamic Parliament Speaker Kalibaf had signed the US-Iran memorandum of understanding electronically. This article is from "Xinhuanet Co., Ltd." GMTEight Editor: Liu Jiayin.